The Village Bells by William Lisle Bowles read by Various | Full Audio Book

The Village Bells by William Lisle Bowles (1762 - 1850)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Read by: Algy Pug, Chrichton77, Bruce Kachuk, Beeswaxcandle, Lynn Allen, David Lawrence, infinitevocals, Garth Burton, Lee Ann Howlett, Larry Wilson, PaulClayton, pdparrish9, Paula Messina, Stacey Malcolm, ShrimpPhish in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Village Bells - read by ALP
00:01:05 - 02 - The Village Bells - read by AT
00:02:09 - 03 - The Village Bells - read by BK
00:03:22 - 04 - The Village Bells - read by BWC
00:04:30 - 05 - The Village Bells - read by CLA
00:05:38 - 06 - The Village Bells - read by DL
00:06:55 - 07 - The Village Bells - read by DW
00:08:00 - 08 - The Village Bells - read by GLN
00:09:17 - 09 - The Village Bells - read by LAH
00:10:26 - 10 - The Village Bells - read by LCW
00:11:36 - 11 - The Village Bells - read by PAC
00:12:44 - 12 - The Village Bells - read by PDP
00:13:44 - 13 - The Village Bells - read by PLM
00:15:00 - 14 - The Village Bells - read by SLM
00:16:01 - 15 - The Village Bells - read by SP
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Village Bells by William Lisle Bowles.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 8, 2026. ------William Lisle Bowles was an English priest, poet and critic. He was an amiable, absent-minded, and rather eccentric man. His poems are characterised by refinement of feeling, tenderness, and pensive thought, but are deficient in power and passion. - Summary by Wikipedia
Video Summary
AI GeneratedThis transcript consists of multiple readings of the poem \"The Village Bells\" by William Lyle Bowles, recorded for LibriVox.org. The poem explores the duality of human existence, contrasting the joy of a wedding with the sorrow of a funeral, ultimately reflecting on the fleeting nature of life and the inevitability of death.
